... quickly dragged her from the hotel, but her message had been received. Journalists quickly took up a "Free al-Obeidy" campaign and pressed for answers (The Huffington Post). Since then, al-Obeidy's story surfaced in an audio interview with Anderson Cooper last month. She claimed she was abducted ... and held for days while officials bound, beat, poured alcohol in her eyes, and gang raped her repeatedly. The accused men plan to sue her, according to government spokesman Moussa Ibrahim (The Huffington Post). Al-Obeidy fled from Libya into Tunisia aided by a defecting military officer and hi...

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The United Nations Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate Violence against Women recently awarded $10 million in grants to 13 initiatives in 18 countries. The UN Trust Fund, which is managed by the United Nations Development Fund for Women, or UNIFEM, was established in 1996 by the United Nations, and still remains the only multilateral grant-making mechanism solely devoted to supporting local and national efforts to end violence against women and girls. Its recent grant completed the UN Trust Fund's 14th grant-making cycle of 2009, which awarded a total of $20.5 million to 26 projects ...

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... of negotiations behind closed doors, Russia conceded on its original draft statement and compromised a new version that condemned North Korea. However, China refused to agree to this condemnation and further pushed for the words "Yeonpyeong Island" be taken out of the text and replaced only by the "events of November 23rd ... ." The Russian draft stresses the need for efforts "to ensure a de-escalation of tension" between North and South Korea and a "resumption of dialogue and resolution of all problems dividing them exclusively through peaceful ... doubt in my mind that there will be a...

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... Agency and the Arab Leagues. However, the issue of the Jewish displaced persons had become the main priority of UNSCOP. During UNSCOP's visit to Palestine, coincidently, one incident was particularly significant. The members of the committee had developed sympathetic feelings for the Jewish such as the callous treatment ... almost a third of the population and had owned 6-8 percent of the total land area, were to receive 56 percent of the land, however the Arabs were to keep possession of 43 per cent of the total land. The Jewish occupying Palestine is aware that the rest of the ... Mid...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... of Hama, killing almost 100 Syrians over the span of a weekend. In light of the unprovoked violence, the United Nations Security Council met to discuss what action they would take, but Russia and China disagree with the majority. Ban expressed his disgust with the Syrian military and President al ... -Assad. "Since the beginning of this situation, I have issued many statements, I have spoken to President Assad several times, and I have expressed my sincere wish and genuine wish that he should genuinely, genuinely address these issues in a peaceful manner," ... . Brazil, India, and South ...

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... born in Ghana, on the 8th of April 1938, and assumed his current post in January 1997, and was reappointed in January 2001. His career highlights have been a mission to ensure transfer to democratic rule in Nigeria in 1998, brokering an agreement between Libya and the UN's security council concerning responsibility for the Lockerbie bombing in 1999 and he organised an international ... helping his organisation cope with war in Iraq. While remaining strictly neutral in the conflict himself, he made strong efforts to try and ensure the continuation of weapons inspections under Hans Blix i...

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... the famine that currently devastates their country. After nearly twenty years of civil war and two annual droughts, livestock and crops died off, causing malnutrition to rampage through the country and food prices to reach unprecedented amounts. To make matters worse, Al-Shabab, the militia associated with al-Qaeda that now holds power in much of southern Somalia, prohibits any international aid ... the elderly or the very young - seek refuge in neighboring countries. Kenya welcomes about 1,300 Somalis everyday, while Ethiopia receives almost 400 more daily (Raghavan). Since 2009, al-Sha...

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... our partners we remain very vigilant regarding preventing the use of chemical weapons, which for the international community would be a legitimate reason for direction intervention," said Hollande to French ambassadors, in an attempt to further nudge Syria into settling (Erlanger). Rebel groups first took up arms almost 18 months ago, and violence has increasingly gotten worse recently. Although almost all United ... (Erlanger). After reiterating the United States' President Barack Obama's statement, which was in turn backed by Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain, Hollande agreed that...

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... of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland agreed that the participants are taking "irresponsible and provocative" actions and urged them to use "established and efficient" measures to get aid to Gaza (Chick). The Foreign Press Association fought back in favor of the activists, saying journalists have a right to cover a legitimate news event and should not be threatened or intimidated for doing their jobs. The association ... however. In fact, instead of backing down, many are simulating encounters with the Israeli Navy instead (Chick). On the other hand, the Israeli forces have undergone seve...

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... developing countries do not leave the youth in their country uneducated as it will hinder the country's economic growth. To achieve this aim governments should begin to invest in more schools that will provide sufficient number of teachers and equipment to strive the children to their full potential. A recent survey conducted by UNICEF and UNESCO of fourteen countries found that one-third of the ... classrooms in most countries lacked a blackboard and were in need of urgent repair, 30% did not have chairs of desks, and a third lacked access to safe water. In Zambia, more than one-half o...

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... faces is the behavior of terrorist groups or organizations such as the infamous Al-Qaeda. These groups are causing constant chaos, which makes it harder difficult for political parties to attempt to rebuild any infrastructure that remains after the ruling of Sadam Hussein. Thirdly, the Iraqi population has never experienced a truly democratic political system. This contorts their perception of what ... The primary difference between the Yemenis and the Iraqis is that Yemen deposed its authoritarian government before a need arose for United Nations interference. In order for Iraq to unde...

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... name as the Rape of Nanking. During these genocides the entire world stayed away from the countries and didn't act until it was too late to do any good. Yes after World War Two we held the a conference and stated that the countries had state sovereignty, and other countries couldn't ... Nations decided that genocide cannot occur again. With this being said, the United Nations all signed this document in hopes of genocide finally being put to an end. This lasted about thirty years until the next large scale genocide in 1975, this is when the Cambodian genocide began. The document itself ....

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... destination of these trafficked women and children. The requirements of demand and supply are firmly in place. More importantly, the trade is a thriving one. The human trafficking industry is believed to be worth approximately $13 billion (Tran, 2007, p.22), a sum that no doubt keeps the trafficking organizations highly motivated. Given the high stakes involved, the process of human ... trafficking is a highly complicated one that includes corrupt officials, ships and extensive networks. "The success of human trafficking depends on frequent transportation of victims to the many different...

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... and the United States (both prominent members), but it has not taken effective action against Iraq. A pluralist supports the protection of multiple key actors as opposed to supporting an individual nation. However upon exam, the United Nations has not maintained security for one nation, let alone all the nations it's "protecting." This pluralist perspective is: An image of world politics ... -challenging the realist preoccupation with the state. Pluralist do not view the state as a unitary, rational actor, but rather as a battleground for conflicting bureaucratic and other interests, sub...

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... . have found the NGO's expertise useful. One of the most official acknowledgements of this expertise can be found in Chapter 27 of Agenda 21. In the same chapter of Agenda 21 lies probably the second reason for why governments etc. have shown such a great interest in creating ... partnerships with NGOs; They feel a legal obligation to do so. Chapter 27 of Agenda 21 is not only an acknowledgement of the work of NGOs, but also a clear statement that the promotion ... a useful purpose. The more relevant information provided, the better basis governments have to take adequate action and ther...

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... , of course, is after it was made widely public that the CIA had employed "torture" methodologies – such as forced sleep deprivation and waterboarding – in order to derive information that may safeguard the United States from further terrorist attacks. The CIA's publicized detention and interrogation program has since been ended in 2009 by President Obama, and a Senate ... . Humans, the researchers found, are the most aggressive species due "to a high benefit-to-cost ratio for intra-specific aggression" (Georgiev et al.). If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasi...

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... , of course, is after it was made widely public that the CIA had employed "torture" methodologies – such as forced sleep deprivation and waterboarding – in order to derive information that may safeguard the United States from further terrorist attacks. The CIA's publicized detention and interrogation program has since been ended in 2009 by President Obama, and a Senate ... . Humans, the researchers found, are the most aggressive species due "to a high benefit-to-cost ratio for intra-specific aggression" (Georgiev et al.). If cost-benefit analysis and utilitarian calculus is so pervasi...

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... Is globalization responsible for the deindustrialization of the highly developed countries through exportation of jobs to less developed countries? 2. Are the multinationals exploiting the poor people of the less developed countries? Although the issues are very controversial, we will try to find the right answers to those problems. Globalization The basic argument of these critics is that globalization "the increased ... openness of the United States to international trade "has changed the rules of the game. Economic expansion cannot produce bottlenecks because ... and/or labor consi...

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... and become states parties. Of these 43 states parties, 39 ratified the convention after September 11th. The United States ratified the convention on June 25, 2002, when President Bush signed it into law (see Washington Report, June 26, 2002). The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism requires each state party to criminalize the funding of terrorist activities under ... . The ODCCP comprises a number of branches and offices that include: • The U.N. Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) www.odccp.org/terrorism.html researches terrorism trends, assists cou...

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... but more specifically freedom from want. The major issues discussed in the chapter are achieving sustained growth, generating opportunities for the young, and promoting health while combating HIV/AIDS. The chapter also encourages the upgrading of slums, and building digital bridges. There are four critical ingredients to achieving sustained and broad-based income growth. The first, expanding access ... to the opportunities of globalization, notes some sources of inequality - globalization and gender discrimination in wages ... generating opportunities for the young through education an...

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... and become states parties. Of these 43 states parties, 39 ratified the convention after September 11th. The United States ratified the convention on June 25, 2002, when President Bush signed it into law (see Washington Report, June 26, 2002). The International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism requires each state party to criminalize the funding of terrorist activities under ... Criminal Court (ICC) (www.un.org/law/icc/) will try war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. The ICC treaty has so far been ratified by 43 out of the 60 countries required fo...

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... CULTURE Rapid changes in technology in the last several decades have changed the nature of culture and cultural exchange. People around the world can make economic transactions and transmit information to each other almost instantaneously through the use of computers and satellite communications. Governments and corporations have gained vast amounts of political power through military might and economic influence. Corporations have ... shape the culture of less powerful societies, a process some researchers call cultural hegemony. Today, many anthropologists openly oppose efforts by dom...

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... proposals have flourished. The sole purpose of human trafficking in most states is of sexual aspects internally and internationally (HumanTrafficking.org). In the sex industries, trafficking is mostly related to the rising demand and supply in women in South Asian and the United States. In the 1990's, studies by researchers of the feminist group have talked about how strongly migration ... . There are many factors that lead victims to become targets as traffickers. One is low education levels, secondly physical and sexual abuse, thirdly people looking etc. (HumanTrafficking.org). So, thr...

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... , the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council and other bodies and committees.5 The Member States of the United Nations are in the practice of customary international law and also agreements which are entered to through State treaties6. Treaties7 are the main sources of international law. Among other things, international law also deals with other international issues like ... bodies ensures the peaceful settlement of disputes between sovereign states"10. This concept of peaceful settlement covers a considerable variety of processes and outcomes. For example, settlement accordi...

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